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Update on pleural diseases - 2007
Annals of Thoracic Medicine, 2007 Background : New information is available on pleural diseases. The authors selected articles to make recommendations on diagnostic and treatment aspects of pleural diseases.
Bishay Ayman +8 more
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Implementation of evidence on management of pleural diseases: insights from a territory-wide survey of clinicians in Hong Kong [PDF]
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2022 Background Major advances in management of common pleural diseases have taken place in the past decade. However, pleural diseases are often managed by physicians of diverse training background and research on implementation of new knowledge is scanty. We
Macy M. S. Lui +18 more
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Advanced imaging techniques and artificial intelligence in pleural diseases: a narrative review [PDF]
European Respiratory ReviewBackground Pleural diseases represent a significant healthcare burden, affecting over 350 000 patients annually in the US alone and requiring accurate diagnostic approaches for optimal management.
Guido Marchi +10 more
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Clinics, 2012 OBJECTIVE: Pleural tuberculosis is the most frequently occurring form of extra pulmonary disease in adults. In up to 40% of cases, the lung parenchyma is concomitantly involved, which can have an epidemiological impact.
Leila Antonangelo +7 more
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Diagnostic approach to pleural diseases: new tricks for an old trade [version 1; referees: 2 approved] [PDF]
F1000Research, 2017 The burden of pleural diseases has substantially increased in the past decade because of a rise in the incidence of pleural space infections and pleural malignancies in a patient population that is older and more immunocompromised and has more ...
Fabien Maldonado +2 more
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Diagnostic Utility of Pleural Fluid Cell Block versus Pleural Biopsy Collected by Flex-Rigid Pleuroscopy for Malignant Pleural Disease: A Single Center Retrospective Analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Some trials recently demonstrated the benefit of targeted treatment for malignant disease; therefore, adequate tissues are needed to detect the targeted gene.
Shion Miyoshi +4 more
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Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in Korean patients: clinico-radiologic-pathologic features and 2-year follow-up [PDF]
The Korean Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021 Background/Aims Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis (PPFE) is a type of rare idiopathic interstitial pneumonia that is characterized by predominantly upper lobe involvement with pleural fibrosis and subjacent parenchymal fibrosis.
Jae Ha Lee +4 more
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Advances in pleural infection and malignancy
European Respiratory Review, 2021 Pleural infection and malignancy are among the most common causes of pleural disease and form the mainstay of pleural practice. There has been significant research and increase in scientific understanding in these areas in the past decade. With regard to
Eihab O. Bedawi +3 more
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Thoracic Cancer, 2021 Background Malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) is a rare, highly aggressive and deadly disease with a poor patient life expectancy. A few years ago, the main challenge was the histological diagnosis of this disease; at present, the search for the best ...
Bertrand Chollet +4 more
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Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023 BackgroundThe simple, rapid, and accurate diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) remains difficult. This study aimed to determine the accuracy of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in the diagnosis of TPE.MethodsWe quantified the expression of HGF ...
Sheng-Cai Zheng +9 more
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